Hoyt's son, Matthew,
now has his own website, Life Machine Inc., along with his mom, Donna
Axton. Matthew sounds a lot like Hoyt, and Donna is a superb piano
player who was featured on many of Hoyt's albums as part of his band back in
the '70s and '80s. Take a look at Life Machine Inc. by clicking HERE.
There are some neat music and videos on the site. Here is one of my
favorite songs from one of Matt's albums:

For availability
of ANY of Hoyt's music, click hereFREE MUSIC
SAMPLES ADDED!!For those of you with .mp3 software, you can now download portions
of a few songs by Hoyt. Each selected song is about 30 seconds or
so, and each file size is 200-500k. The
songs listed in bold italicized underlined orange like this sentence are
linked to it's .mp3 file. Just click on
the underlined song you want, and download it to your hard drive.

NOW... THE DISCOGRAPHY:

Here, I believe, is the first
record Hoyt ever published. The following information is from his
biography:"After his separation from the Navy in 1961, Hoyt went straight into the music business, writing
and performing folk tunes inkeeping with times, though he included rhythm and
blues, blues and rock numbers in his repetoire. After a brief stint inNashville, Hoyt headed for California, where he first
attracted attention in 1962 while playing the San Franciscocoffee-house circuit. His performing style, best described
as intense, set him apart from the clean-cut, collegiate, almost'formal' style of many of his his contemporaries."

During his stay in Nashville, which must have
been in 1961, he recorded this 45 rpm record on the very obscure Briar(Record
courtesy of long time fan Julie Rose Palmer.)label. On the record, Hoyt sings a version
of the then popular song Drinking
Gourdand the flip side is a song
written by Hoyt and his mother Mae called Georgia
Hoss Soldier. He sounds pretty
young on the record - he was only 23 years old in 1961. But what
a voice!

In California, Hoyt and Horizon Records
found each other, and his real career started.The Balladeer (1962)Horizon
WP-1601

Note: This is the first album Hoyt recorded. It was
done at The Troubadour in Hollywood before a live audience. This
terrific album has Hoyt's introduction to many of the songs and the audience
participation.

1. Greenback Dollar
2. Shepherd
3. Sing In The Sunshine
4. Crawdad
5. Mountain High, Valley Low
6. The Fifth Day Of July
7. Jane Jane Jane
8. The Happy Song
9. The Far Side Of The Hill
10. I Feel The Warmth

1. On The Natural
2. Way Before The Time Of Towns
3. Beelzebub's Laughter
4. Sunshine Fields Of Love
5. It's All Right Now
6. Gypsy Will
7. Revelations
8. Snowblind Friend
9. Childhood's End
10. Sunrise
11. Kingswood Manor
12. Chase Down The Sun

Note: This album is available on CD

Joy to the World (1971)
Capitol SMAS-788

1. Joy to the World
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Never Been to Spain
4. The Pusher
5. Ease Your Pain
6. Have a Nice Day
7. Indian Song
8. California Women
9. Lightnin' Bar Blues
10. Farther Along & Old Time Religion

1. You're The Hangnail In My Life
2. Little White Moon
3. Water For My Horses
4. Funeral Of The King
5. I Light This Candle
6. Never Been To Spain
7. You Taught Me How To Cry
8. Snowblind Friend
9. Poncho And Lefty
10. Seven Come
11. I Don't Know Why I Love You

Note: This album is available on CD

Free Sailin' (1978)
MCA-2319

1. Bluebird
2. Honky Tonk Music
3. The Way Of The World
4. The Heart You Break (May Be Your Own)
5. Jive Man
6. Free Sailing
7. Them Downers
8. Left My Gal In The Mountains
9. Darrel and Judy
10. Endless Road

1. Everybody's Goin' On The Road
2. Betty La Rue
3. Boozers Are Loosers
4. Politicians
5. (When You Dance) You Do Not Tango
6. Smile As You Go By
7. Where Did The Money Go?
8. Some People Ride
9. Midnight In Memphis
10. Ease Your Pain
11. The Battle Of New Orleans
12. The House Song

Note: This album is available on CD -
see below

Hoyt Axton Live (1981)
Jeremiah JH-5002

1. Roanoke
2. Wild Bull Rider
3. Flash Of Fire
4. Boney Fingers
5. Della And The Dealer
6. When The Morning Comes
7. Evangelina
8. No No Song
9. Mel Tillis/Roger Miller Story
10. Lion In The Winter
11. Jealous Man
12. The Devil
13. A Rusty Old Halo
14. Bus Story
15. An Old Greyhound
16. Orange Blossom Special
17. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
18. Maybelline
19. Never Been To Spain
20. Joy To The World

Note: This album is available on CD

Pistol Packin' Mama (1982)
Jeremiah JH-5003

1. She's Too Lazy To Be Crazy
2. Pistol Packin' Mama
3. I Walk the Line
4. Don't Fence Me In
5. There Stands the Glass
6. Warm Storms and Wild Flowers
7. He Played Real Good for Free
8. James Dean and The Junkman
9. Indian Song
10. Fearless the Wonder Dog

Note: This album is available on CD -
see below

Double Dare (1982)
Brylen BN-4400

Note: This album is a compilation of songs from
the 1964 album Explodes and the 1965 Bessie Smith album, except for Hush
Hush Sweet Charlotte, which was previously unreleased on an album.

5. Hard Luck Child (from the April 4, 1965 episode of
Bonanza "Dead and Gone")(Click
here for link to DVDs)6. Strongest of Oak (from the same Bonanza episode)7. Greenback Dollar (A 45 rpm single with banjo accompaniment)
Horizon
3518. One More Round (A 45 rpm single with Greenback Dollar
on the flip side, recorded in the early '60s)
Horizon
3629. Soldier's Last Letter - from a Colpix 45 rpm single
10. We've Got to Win this One - Jeremiah
1012 from 1981 (45 rpm single)
11. Flo's Yellow Rose
Electra 47133 (Record courtesy of long time fan
Dan Keller)

From a personal reel-to-reel
tape courtesy of Bob Mizrahi, a long-time friend of Hoyt's, recorded around
1968:1. Top
of the World2. She's
Riding High on Me3. Seven
Come4. Kingswood
Manor5. Better Lovin' Man
6. Mexico City Hangover
7. It's
Not Heavy8. Revelations
9. The Pusher
10. Morning Star
11. San Fernando
12. Lily of the West
13. Five Dollar Bill
14. Sunshine Fields of Love
15. Bathtub LSD
16. Bring It With You When You Come
17. Alabamy Bound
18. Come Back
19. Basic Changes
20. Call Him Now
21. Singin' High

Most of these songs are incredible versions, especially Top of
the World and She's Ridin' High on Me!

From some studio rough takes
in 1973 and 1974 when Hoyt was recording for A&M Records:1. Billies' Theme - a new and different version than the song on the Life Machine album.
2. Bicycle Wreck - a long version of Good Lookin' Child
from the Life Machine album with some introductory verses.
3. Maybelline - a different version than what's on Life
Machine.
4. Geronimo's Cadillac - another version, a bit different
from the Life Machine album.
5. Telephone Booth - a bit different than the Life Machine
version.

Hoyt and Linda Ronstadt

Nine songs from a 1967 radio
show hosted by Skip Weshner:1. It's All Right Now2. Hard Luck
Child3. Carolina Sunshine Girl4. Lady of the Burning Green Jade5. Don't Rain on Me6. Bathtub LSD7. Above the Madness8. Now's the Time for Love9. A Rusty Old Halo

Two songs by Hoyt during the recording process: Captain America
and Joy to the World

Hoyt Axton Gold (1974)
VJ International VJS 2-1005

Reissue of Hoyt Axton Explodes (1964) and The Best of Hoyt Axton (1964)

Note: This album is available on CD -
see Hoyt Axton Gold at bottom

Long Old Road (1977)
VJ International VJS-6001

Reissue of the 1965 Bessie Smith album

Road Songs (1977)
A&M SP-3182

12 songs from Hoyt's earlier A&M albums

1. No No Song
2. Boney Fingers
3. In A Young Girl's Mind
4. Telephone Booth
5. Paid In Advance
6. Lion In The Winter
7. I Love To Sing
8. When The Morning Comes
9. Lay Lady, Lay
10. Sweet Misery
11. Flash Of Fire
12. Less Than The Song

1. Never Been To Spain
2. You're The Hangnail In My Life
3. Snowblind Friend
4. Poncho And Lefty
5. Water For My Horses
6. Free Sailing
7. The Way Of The World
8. You Taught Me How To Cry (with Tanya Tucker)

Bread and Roses (1979)Fantasy
F-79011

Music from the 1979 Bread and Roses Festival of Music. Hoyt sings
The Devil.

This CD has 19 good songs from the folk era, two of which Hoyt sings
from his 1963 Greenback Dollar album:
1. Greenback Dollar
2. Legend of John Henry (modified title but same song)

Rusty Old Halo/ Where Did the Money Go (1998)

1. Rusty Old Halo
2. Della And The Dealer
3. The Hotel Ritz
4. So Hard To Give It All Up
5. Evangelina
6. Torpedo
7. Viva Pancho Villa
8. Wild Bull Rider
9. In A Young Girl's Mind
10. Gotta Keep Rollin'
11. Everybody's Goin' On The Road
12. Betty La Rue
13. Boozers Are Loosers
14. Politicians
15. (When You Dance) You Do Not Tango
16. Smile As You Go By
17. Where Did The Money Go?
18. Some People Ride
19. Midnight In Memphis
20. Ease Your Pain
21. The Battle Of New Orleans
22. The House Song

Pistol Packin' Mama/ Spin of the Wheel (1998)

1. She's Too Lazy To Be Crazy
2. Pistol Packin' Mama
3. I Walk the Line
4. Don't Fence Me In
5. There Stands the Glass
6. Warm Storms and Wild Flowers
7. He Played Real Good for Free
8. James Dean and The Junkman
9. Indian Song
10. Fearless the Wonder Dog
11. Spin Of The Wheel
12. Heartbreak Hotel
13. We Could've Been Sweethearts
14. Young Man
15. Mr. Winchester's Gun
16. If You're A Cowboy
17. American Dreams
18. Mountain Right
19. Cowboy's On Horses With Wings
20. I Collect Hearts
21. We Were Buccaneers
22. The Weight
23. Thank You, Lord
24. Blue Prelude

Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog (1998)Children's
album

1. Joy To The World (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog)
2. Oh! Susannah
3. Don't You Push Me Down
4. I Had A Rooster
5. Goin' To The Zoo
6. On Top Of Spaghetti
7. It's A Small World
8. Straighten Up And Fly Right
9. Pet Parade
10. Big Rock Candy Mountain
11. Jim Along Josie
12. Little White Duck
13. Happy Trails

1. Della And The Dealer
2. When The Morinin' Comes
3. In A Young Girl's Mind
4. Never Been To Spain
5. No No Song
6. A Rusty Old Halo
7. Evangelina
8. Boney Fingers
9. Where Did The Money Go?
10. Pistol Packin' Mama
11. Everybody's Going On The Road
12. Boozers Are Losers
13. Wild Bull Rider
14. Heartbreak Hotel
15. Gotta Keep Rollin'
16. Viva Pancho Villa
17. So Hard To Give It All Up
18. (When You Dance) You Do Not Tango
19. Betty La Rue
20. Midnight In Memphis
21. Battle Of New Orleans
22. Hotel Ritz
23. The House Song
24. The Devil
25. Joy To The World

Down and Out/ Trouble (1999)(CD
courtesy of long time fan Julie Rose Palmer.)

Ten songs on CD from Hoyt's 1964 and 1965 Explodes and Bessie Smith
albums
(Note this CD is a reissue - same songs but different title - of the
1994 CD Lonesome Road):

1. Greenback Dollar (live version)
2. Smoky
3. It's All Right Now
4. Snow Blind Friend
5. The Pusher
6. Never Been to Spain
7. Joy to the World
8. Officer Ray
9. Heaven
10. Sweet Misery
11. Less Than the Song
12. When the Morning Comes
13. Boney Fingers
14. No No Song
15. Lion in the Winter
16. In a Young Girl's Mind
17. Evangelina
18. Flash of Fire
19. Light This Candle
20. Free Sailin'
21. Della and the Dealer
22. A Rusty Old Halo
23. Where Did the Money Go?
24. Spin of the Wheel
25. Fearless the Wonder Dog